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Citizen Lab: "Not only the Chinese government, but also US-based firms, are complicit in the political and religious censoring of content on China-accessible platforms" (citizenlab.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In its submission to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab gives recomnendations to hold Chinese and U.S. firms accountable for their involvement in online censorship and assisting victims of digital abuse and intimidation.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Related event (perhaps even a direct example) from a few years ago: the Blitzchung incident.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While true, it’s pretty asinine to hold companies operating in China accountable for complying with Chinese law. It sucks, but they aren’t just going to abandon the Chinese ~cash cow~ market.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It's important that we build incentives for companies to avoid harming people, and hold them accountable when they do it anyway. Profit is not a valid excuse.